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Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · January 24, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money UTU +500 / GCU -600
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual GCU +35 127 Lost
Massey GCU -12.1 (-22.9) — —
Massey Totals — 142.2 (-15.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -11.3 (-23.7) 141.5 (-14.5) 15% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -10.4 (-24.6) 137.4 (-10.4) 18% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -11.6 (-23.4) 140.5 (-13.5) 16% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -11.0 (-24.0) 141.6 (-14.6) 15% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2025 GCU 90 – 68 UTU
Jan 26, 2025 GCU 79 – 66 UTU
Feb 16, 2024 GCU 73 – 61 UTU
Jan 7, 2024 GCU 75 – 65 UTU
Mar 4, 2023 GCU 71 – 61 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU GCU
Overall 8-13 17-7
Conference 4-10 9-3
Home 5-7 10-3
Away 3-6 5-1
Neutral 0-0 2-3
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 71.4
Avg Pts Against 78.2 62.8
Massey -12.5 (#329) 2.3 (#129)
Bradley-Terry -2.09 (#311) -0.11 (#179)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.34 (#324) 0.39 (#146)
RPI 0.414 (#291) 0.464 (#222)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU GCU
FG% 41.6% 48.4%
3PT% 28.7% 30.5%
REB / G 34.1 39.7
OREB / G 9.1 10.8
AST / TO 0.90 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.5% 53.7%
TOV% 20.9% 21.6%
ORB% 23.9% 33.3%
FT Rate 22.8% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 15.8%
DRB% 65.8% 80.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 18.9%

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